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Can—and Should—Colleges Educate the Whole Person?

Inside Higher Ed

You might well object: even if educating the whole student is a good idea, how can campuses do this in ways that respect diversity and individuality? I fear that our colleges and universities have drawn far too sharp a line between the academic and the personal and between cognitive and noncognitive development.

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Celebrating Black History: Now is the Time for Courageous Conversations and Bold Action

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Often working with Historically Black Colleges (HBCUs) and staffed by students, freedom schools sought to promote education for Black transformation and liberation. Needless to say, this philosophy of education is just as relevant today as it was more than 50 ago.

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